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MA - Master of Arts
Plymouth University
Full Time
SEP
1 year
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MA - Master of Arts
Plymouth University
Full Time
SEP
1 year
MA - Master of Arts
Plymouth Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
Plymouth University
Part Time
SEP
2 years
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Our innovative transdisciplinary programme explores contemporary practices in image-making, curating and writing through eco-critical and posthumanist perspectives. Cutting-edge research methods, situated modes of practice and creative uses of technology combine in ethical and activist practices encouraging social and environmental responsibility and preparing you for your future career.We encourage critical empowered learners who have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the subject, informed by current practice, scholarship and research.Collaborate. Inform your individual photography practice with modules shared across other disciplines within the school. Specialise. Grow and develop your artistic profile by choosing an elective module relevant to your career goals. Elective modules are available in areas such as storytelling, printmaking and environmental futures.Experiment. Rigorous training in innovative art methodologies, which encourage experimentation, openness, originality and risk-taking, and encourages new conceptual and theoretical articulations that respond to our complex social and cultural world.State-of-the-art facilities. Make the most of our cutting edge Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories, photography studios and darkrooms, Media Hub and digital print facilities. Professional network. Grow your professional profile by establishing professional and creative links with the city and wider creative sector. We will foster connections with other international centres of photography and extensive networks of individuals and organisations around Europe and globally to provide professional opportunities in the fields of exhibition, curation, teaching and publication.Research informed teaching. Photography staff inform your learning with research in areas such as ecologies and the nonhuman, landscape and climate change, activist photography, place and community, and built environment.
For entry to postgraduate level, you will normally need a 2:1 degree or above and evidence of a sustained engagement with fields such as photography, writing or curating. We will consider students below 2:1 if they can demonstrate a strong portfolio or a record of professional experience. The University also has substantial experience in supporting mature students and welcomes applicants in this category. Applicants with Accredited Prior Learning (APL) will be considered on an individual basis according to the University Regulations Framework. Students interested in transferring postgraduate credits will be considered on merit and current University regulations regarding transfer of credits from other institutions will apply. Applicants will be required to attend an interview, showing a portfolio of work and a 750-word proposal clearly describing the project that they will complete as part of one of their MA Photography modules. The proposal should contain subject of focus, creative approach, contextual research, scope and ambition.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,700 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£18,150 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£18,150 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
The University of Plymouth’s campus is centrally located within Britain’s Ocean City, perched on the south western coast of Devon...